Phenomenon
Meteor Showers
TypePhenomenon
LocationWhen Earth crosses comet debris
About Meteor Showers
Annual displays as Earth plows through comet dust. The August Perseids deliver about 100 per hour from Swift-Tuttle. The Leonid storm of 1833 rained down tens of thousands per hour. Showers appear to radiate from a single point in the sky.
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